The Chicago Bears have been in place to snap their three-game dropping streak final Sunday with kicker Cairo Santos needing to make a 46-yard discipline aim as time expired to beat the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
Santos’ kick was blocked by Karl Brooks, and the Packers held on for a 20-19 victory, handing the Bears their fourth straight loss and dropping them to 4-6 on the season.
Bears head coach Matt Eberflus mentioned on Monday they have been going to submit the blocked kick to the league, saying he thought there ought to have been a penalty on the Packers as a result of “they have been clearly on our lengthy snapper.”
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Inexperienced Bay Packers Karl Brooks blocks a discipline aim try of Chicago Bears Cairo Santos through the second half of an NFL soccer recreation on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Chicago. The Packers gained 20-19. (AP Photograph/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The NFL rule prohibits gamers from lining up instantly throughout from the lengthy snapper, or contacting the lengthy snapper whereas his head remains to be down instantly after the snap.
Eberflus thought Packers defensive lineman T.J. Slaton made contact with Bears lengthy snapper Scott Daly instantly and that the referees ought to have thrown a flag.
If officers rule {that a} defender illegally contacts the lengthy snapper together with his head down, it’s a 15-yard pointless roughness name. The Bears would have had an opportunity to attempt one other discipline aim.
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Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus listens to reporters throughout a information convention after an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photograph/Nam Y. Huh)
In line with the Chicago Solar-Occasions, the NFL’s league officiating workplace knowledgeable the Bears that the Packers had made a clear play on the blocked discipline aim try.
Whereas there was contact between Slaton and Daly, the NFL deemed Slaton’s contact authorized, as gamers are allowed to contact the lengthy snapper so long as his head shouldn’t be down.
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Chicago Bears place kicker Cairo Santos (8) reacts after a missed discipline aim through the second half of an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photograph/Nam Y. Huh)
It wouldn’t have mattered if the NFL agreed with Eberflus and deemed the contact unlawful, as a result of there are do-overs. The decision as a substitute would have been acknowledged as a missed name by the league, and the Bears would nonetheless be 4-6.
The Bears hope to cease their dropping streak after they tackle the 8-2 Minnesota Vikings in an NFC North battle on Sunday.
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